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architectural antiquities.
cations of remoter ages ; but there are no other features of this building* which can
justify our assigning it to an earlier period than what has been stated.
From the Ground Plan, Plate 80, No. 3, it will be seen that this Church
consists of a nave, transept, and side aisles, together with two small chapels on the
east side of the transept : there is also a low square tower rising above the inter-
section of the nave and choir. Many alterations have been made here in different
parts, and particularly in the west end and north aisle, where the arches of the
nave and windows have been adapted to the early Pointed style : this is likewise
the case with respect to the eastern windows of the choir, and those in the clerestory
of the nave, yet the original Norman walls remain almost in every part, and are
distinguished by the flat and slightly projecting pilaster buttresses of that age ;
but in those parts where the windows have been widened, some graduated buttresses
have been introduced, as shewn in the Plan by their greater projection.60 The
nave, marked a, is separated from the aisles by seven arches on each side, (spring-
ing from the capitals of clustered and single shaft columns ;) three of which, as
shewn in the interior of the west end, Plate No. 38, are pointed, and the others,
as exemplified in Plate No. 35, semicircular. The ceiling is of timber frame-work
and pannelling, wrought nearly into a coved form. The present roof is of a dif-
ferent and lower pitch than the original one, the lines of which are clearly dis-
tinguishable against the tower, b and c are the side aisles, in which, from the
transept to the extent of four arches westward, the old simple groining, supported
by plain ribs and cross springers, still remains. The small a shews the south
entrance, opening from the site of the ancient cloisters, which have been long since
destroyed : it has a pointed arch, probably of Henry the Third's time, the outer
moulding, or water-table, of which rests upon corbel heads, and is undercut with
a reticulated ornament. The door-way, marked b, consists of several ranges of
diversified mouldings, the innermost of which, forming a recessed arch, spring
from the imposts of two twisted columns on each side, the capitals being sculptured
with foliage, &c. wreathed and interlaced in a peculiar manner. These mouldings
60 There is a remarkable peculiarity attending the original buttresses, which is, that in the upper part
of the body, transept, and aisles of the building, they die into the parapet walls, and run flush with them
to the summit. By this arrangement, the intermediate spaces form a kind of pannelling, those of the
aisles being headed by a sort of arched corbel table, of the original workmanship : but those of the clerestory
have been altered into square blockings. The battlements of the east end, and of the north aisle, are
comparatively modern.
architectural antiquities.
cations of remoter ages ; but there are no other features of this building* which can
justify our assigning it to an earlier period than what has been stated.
From the Ground Plan, Plate 80, No. 3, it will be seen that this Church
consists of a nave, transept, and side aisles, together with two small chapels on the
east side of the transept : there is also a low square tower rising above the inter-
section of the nave and choir. Many alterations have been made here in different
parts, and particularly in the west end and north aisle, where the arches of the
nave and windows have been adapted to the early Pointed style : this is likewise
the case with respect to the eastern windows of the choir, and those in the clerestory
of the nave, yet the original Norman walls remain almost in every part, and are
distinguished by the flat and slightly projecting pilaster buttresses of that age ;
but in those parts where the windows have been widened, some graduated buttresses
have been introduced, as shewn in the Plan by their greater projection.60 The
nave, marked a, is separated from the aisles by seven arches on each side, (spring-
ing from the capitals of clustered and single shaft columns ;) three of which, as
shewn in the interior of the west end, Plate No. 38, are pointed, and the others,
as exemplified in Plate No. 35, semicircular. The ceiling is of timber frame-work
and pannelling, wrought nearly into a coved form. The present roof is of a dif-
ferent and lower pitch than the original one, the lines of which are clearly dis-
tinguishable against the tower, b and c are the side aisles, in which, from the
transept to the extent of four arches westward, the old simple groining, supported
by plain ribs and cross springers, still remains. The small a shews the south
entrance, opening from the site of the ancient cloisters, which have been long since
destroyed : it has a pointed arch, probably of Henry the Third's time, the outer
moulding, or water-table, of which rests upon corbel heads, and is undercut with
a reticulated ornament. The door-way, marked b, consists of several ranges of
diversified mouldings, the innermost of which, forming a recessed arch, spring
from the imposts of two twisted columns on each side, the capitals being sculptured
with foliage, &c. wreathed and interlaced in a peculiar manner. These mouldings
60 There is a remarkable peculiarity attending the original buttresses, which is, that in the upper part
of the body, transept, and aisles of the building, they die into the parapet walls, and run flush with them
to the summit. By this arrangement, the intermediate spaces form a kind of pannelling, those of the
aisles being headed by a sort of arched corbel table, of the original workmanship : but those of the clerestory
have been altered into square blockings. The battlements of the east end, and of the north aisle, are
comparatively modern.